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India revisited : conversations on contemporary India / Ramin Jahanbegloo [in conversation with Romila Thapar ... and others].

Van Pelt Library DS421.5 .I55 2008
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Jahanbegloo, Ramin.
Thapar, Romila.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jahanbegloo, Ramin.
Civilization.
India--Civilization--21st century.
India.
India--Social conditions--1947-.
Social conditions.
India--Politics and government--1977-.
Politics and government.
India--History--1947-.
History.
India--Religion.
Religion.
Jahanbegloo, Ramin--Interviews.
Genre:
Interviews.
Physical Description:
vi, 280 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Contents:
Introduction: Making sense of India
Being an Indian today / Romila Thapar
Elements of diversity / Kapila Vatsyayan
Post-independence evaluation / J. C. Kapoor
Modernity and Indian nationalism / Partha Chatterjee
Gandhi and the Indian identity / Ashis Nandy
The Indian constitution: strengths and weaknesses / Soli Sorabji
Indian democracy and pluralism / Rajni Kothari
Critiquing secularism / T. N. Madan
Caste in modern India / D. L. Sheth
Science and society / Surendra Prasad
The Indian economy: challenges and uncertainties / Amit Bhaduri
Evaluating education / Krishna Kumar
Politics and democracy in India / M. J. Akbar
Buddhism and India / His holiness, the Dalai Lama
Christians in India / Peter De Souza
Role of Parsis in Modern India / T. R. Andhyarujina
Challenges to Islam in India / Mushirul Hasan
The Indian psyche / Sudhir Kakar
The woman question / Nivedita Menon
Fighting indiscriminate globalization / Vandana Shiva
Role of NGOs in people-oriented development / Ruchira Gupta
The story of modern Indian art / Geeta Kapur
Indian classical dance as a genre / Sonal Mansingh
Evolving architecture with an Indian inspiration / Raj Rewal
Filming India / Mrinal Sen
Significance of Hindustani classical music / Madhup Mudgal
Cricket as an Indian game / Prabhash Joshi.
ISBN:
9780195689440
0195689445
OCLC:
184825632

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